The years come and go. Politics change from time to time but our Representative Gene O’Flaherty has remained on Beacon Hill where he grows stronger and stronger as time goes by. His recent fundraiser at Anthony’s Pier Four on the…
Month: June 2010
Ed Fish
When the city bought back the Naval Hospital site from the US Government more than 30 years ago, the Fish Construction Company was hired to tear down the old and to build the new and to rehabilitate certain of the…
Arrest Report 06-23-2010
Monday, June 14 Walter Cacerea, 25, of 33 Suffolk Street, Chelsea, was arrested for drinking/possessing open alcoholic beverage in public. Carlos Jose Lebron, 32, of 122B Washington Avenue, Chelsea, was arrested for straight warrant felony. Kenneth Stoddard, 45, of 14…
Obituaries 06-23-2010
Morris Smith Proud Lifelong Chelsea resident Morris L. Smith passed away at the Whidden Memorial Hospital on June 22 after a heroic battle with overwhelming illness. He was 77 years old. He was the son of the late Leon M.…
Chelsea Art Walk great success; hundreds view local exhibits
The annual Chelsea Art Walk once again revealed this city’s artful heart and soul. With exhibits displayed throughout the city, Chelsea’s budding local art community got to show off its best work. Eleven different venues – from oil paintings shown…
Margolis Pharmacy closed following DEA intervention
Chelsea’s oldest pharmacy in Bellingham Square has been closed following a visit to the landmark by Drug Enforcement Agency officials who ordered everyone to leave and who shut the place down earlier this week. The action followed an earlier visit…
Xavier Ortiz, Decathlon
Senior Xavier Ortiz of Chelsea competed in the New England Track and Field Championship last Saturday in New Britain, Connecticut. The weather was cool and rainy but Ortiz ran well enough in the rain to finish tenth in the 200…
Of Bunker Hill and battles to come
It is a radically changed nation we live in today compared with the America of just three years ago. Since the national economy came close to collapse at the end of 2008, nearly everything about our lives and how we…
Arrest Report 06-17-2010
Tuesday, June 8 Bryan Overka, 18, of 117 Marlborough Street, Chelsea, was arrested for violation of an abuse prevention order. Ryan McNee, 34, of 33 Jacques Street, Somerville, was arrested for trespassing and disorderly conduct. Antonio Pinto, Jr., 34, of…
Obituaries 06-17-2010
Alice O’Brien Retired Rehabilitation Aide Alice E. (Williams) O’Brien passed away peacefully in her Malden home surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with overwhelming illness on Sunday June 13. She was 65 years old. Born and raised…